The social/cultural values seen in this story are Altruistic Democracy. It seems like the police/ICE force are really making a positive difference in the community by arresting and deporting some illegal immigrants with criminal records. The fault lines of this story are race/ethnicity. Most of the people arrested are Hispanic. All the ones named are Hispanic also. Class is a fault line too, because many of the Hispanics are found and caught based on profiling. Class is one of the factors that help. For example, a man pulled over had a lawn mower handle hanging over the side of his truck bed. That's an indication that he's a gardener and lower class. Geography is a fault line because this story takes place in Escondido where ... More »

The most prevalent social/cultural value in this story is order. Michelle Malkin definitely makes the DREAM Act seem like a disruption to the natural order of the American education system. That if it is passed, our "law-abiding and naturalized American students" will have a struggle to find education "in tough economic times." She writes the article with the strong value of order in mind and denounces the DREAM Act for it's potential to ruin it. As for fault lines, I found a race fault line because the DREAM Act applies to illegal immigrants which are usually minorities in this country, typically Hispanics which Malkin brings up. The other fault line is age. If this act is passed it will greatly affect young illegal immigrant ... More »

I don't think this promotes social capital. It makes the environmentalists surrounding this issue seem the least concerned for the safety of people around the border. The writer's choice of language isn't as objective as it could be. A good writer would let the opposing side's quotes speak for themselves, but Hollingsworth goes on to say they "don't seem to be a bit concerned about the 'human presence...'" It makes this issue divided between those who want the towers and environmentalists discouraging any social capital.

I think this story promote social capitalism because it tells its readers about many problems surrounding the border. It calls attention to this problem and promotes political participation to encourage the White House to fix it. It already explains the efforts of many groups to help this problem, and how they are still working for their cause.

This opinion frames immigration on a structural level. It sees Arizona at fault for creating an immigration law violating constitutional civil rights. It looks at the law negatively, but doesn't necessarily explain why and has not enough facts to back it. It briefly tells that it is unconstitutional, but doesn't name the specific amendment against it. The publication also makes it into an institutional issue: Arizona is the one at fault for such a law. The publication supports this standpoint by saying the most of the U.S. has boycotted Arizona.

This article framed the institutional responsibility of educating immigrants to not vote. It had a personal story of Joseph's problem of facing deportation, but went into not only how he got himself there, but how maybe the government failed to warn Joseph of the repercussions of voting. It also asked the question of if immigrant voting actually changes voting results. How much of a problem is it? I like how it framed the problem in such a way that it shows the reader the big picture and how immigrant voting affects the whole nation.

a) The article didn’t explain complexities to the issue of foreign relations between the U.S., Israel, and Iran. I know from previous knowledge that Israel and Iran have a bad history, but that is all I know. In order to have better understood the bad feelings between the two and the reactions they had to each other in the U.N., I would’ve had to research. Also I would’ve liked to know the complexities of how the U.S. relates to the two. From the article I can assume that the U.S. is on Israel’s side, but I would’ve like to know why other than Ahmadinejad is a mean accusing person. b) I didn’t get an in-depth understanding of the issue. Like I said for question A, I was left with a lot of questions after reading the ... More »

a) This article did explain some complexities to the issue of anti-Islam sentiment, but it failed to explain why it divided people politically. It had only been mentioned in some people's quotes that the rally should not be political, implying that others made it so. I didn't understand how any of it was political and how others made it so. b) They article did probe the issue in depth to a certain extent. I like how it went over all sides of the issue. I had hoped that the article would go more into depth on how the war, the mosque, and 9/11 all relate, or don’t relate for that matter, but it had not. All I got from the article is a quote from Obama saying the war doesn’t relate to Islam. I would’ve liked to see a quote ... More »